tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post7994606893744239430..comments2023-12-01T11:40:00.045+11:00Comments on Dikkii's Diatribe: The Big Day Sell OutDikkiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-24940093699551856752007-10-23T09:58:00.000+10:002007-10-23T09:58:00.000+10:00On the Guevara worship thing, I could take the Gue...On the Guevara worship thing, I could take the Guevara t-shirts that were de rigueur a couple of years back.<BR/><BR/>But I nearly gave birth after that fad begat ones with Mao on.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, who's next - Pol Pot?Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-54770209417471111982007-10-23T09:52:00.000+10:002007-10-23T09:52:00.000+10:00Anyone who seriously endorses a murderous thug lik...<I>Anyone who seriously endorses a murderous thug like Che Guevara while cozy in the warm belly of Sony deserves only contempt. Fuck RATM.</I><BR/><BR/>I admit to diggin' some of RATM's stuff. But I would never in a million years support their Guevara worship. That's just wrong and sick.<BR/><BR/>Also, their thing for the Zapatista rebels in Mexico is a little bit worrying, too.<BR/><BR/>And the fithy lucre flowing from Sony at the same time... Honestly, you just want to retch.<BR/><BR/><I>There needs to be a new edition of Spinal Tap just for these guys.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>That would be hilarious. It would be like a leftist version of Bob Roberts.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-22441594535628502672007-10-23T05:04:00.000+10:002007-10-23T05:04:00.000+10:00RATM and their profitable posings remind me of Bil...RATM and their profitable posings remind me of Bill Hicks and his impression of the ad executive - "oh you're going after the angry market! that's a good market."<BR/><BR/>Anyone who seriously endorses a murderous thug like Che Guevara while cozy in the warm belly of Sony deserves only contempt. Fuck RATM. There needs to be a new edition of Spinal Tap just for these guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-16826125002738575462007-10-22T09:13:00.000+10:002007-10-22T09:13:00.000+10:00G'day Ross, and thanks for reading.The free-market...G'day Ross, and thanks for reading.<BR/><BR/>The free-marketer in me says "no" it's not a bad thing.<BR/><BR/>But this blog is all about me and I feel right pissed off to have missed out. <BR/><BR/>Plus, wouldn't it be fairer that the promoters, musicians and other staff who work on this event enjoy the profits rather than what amount to arbitrageurs? If this means that prices should be increased, than so be it.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-49645661602053415162007-10-22T09:09:00.000+10:002007-10-22T09:09:00.000+10:00Hi Ms Chris, and thanks for dropping by.That rheto...Hi Ms Chris, and thanks for dropping by.<BR/><BR/>That rhetorical question of Morello's is a bit of a concern. Morello appears to think that if it wasn't for RATM, the Bush administration wouldn't have been elected. Hyperbole?<BR/><BR/>That's also a rhetorical q. And yes, RATM obviously didn't believe that it was important enough to re-form before the last two elections.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-13624010880260441492007-10-22T07:52:00.000+10:002007-10-22T07:52:00.000+10:00You know, I'm not sure why ticket scalping is cons...You know, I'm not sure why ticket scalping is considered so bad. In no other area of the economy do we demand that the purchaser not sell something that they own. Why so huffy about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-12843944955469477212007-10-22T06:27:00.000+10:002007-10-22T06:27:00.000+10:00Skipping scalpers for the moment - this caught my ...Skipping scalpers for the moment - this caught my eye on the Big Day Out's promo page for Rage Against the Machine:<BR/><BR/><B>"Is it coincidence that in the seven years that Rage Against the Machine has been away that America has slid into right-wing purgatory? I think not," Tom Morello told MTV on the eve of the reunion. "It occurred to all of us that the times were right to see if we can knock the Bush administration out in one fell swoop, and we hope to do that job well - There is no action without reaction. And we're part of that reaction."</B><BR/><BR/>If RATM really thinks it's <I>that</I> influential, maybe they could have come back before we invaded Iraq, or before the 2004 election, or at any time at all. Just saying.Ms Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783496278852659213noreply@blogger.com